Recently habituated, Loango’s lowland gorillas are a rare and little known opportunity to visit these amazing creatures. View Post Built to escape the marauding Fon warriors of the 16th century, today the stilt village of Ganvie, in the middle of Lake Nokoue, still … View Post
A deadly female guard of "Amazons" once protected the Dahomey King's Palaces. Visiting today is all a lot easier... View Post The Allada Voodoo Festival in Benin is a colourful and orchestrated affair... View Post
The annual Voodoo Festival held across Benin on 10th January is a spectacle of religion, mysticism and animal sacrifice. View Post “Even before there was money, there was a Sunday bazaar in Kashgar.” View Post
Dharamsala possesses a raw mountainous and cultural beauty that has touched generations of my family. in 1943 my grandfather wrote... View Post A walk down The Mall Road in Shimla is to walk back in time to the colonial era opulence of the British Raj. View Post
"Next door was the kitchen where cauldrons the size of hot tubs simmered vegetarian curries and dhaals, stirred by spoons the size of spades. " View Post Every night, the flag lowering ceremony at the Wagah border post is a flamboyantly patriotic affair between India and Pakistan. View Post
